ix, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBNs
9780394501123, 0394501128
OCLC
ocm04497852
Includes index.
Bibliography: pages 345-351.
The ascent of communes -- The early commune and its nobility -- The commune around 1200 -- Popolo and popular commune -- The end of the popular commune -- The course of urban values -- Despotism: Signories -- The course of political feeling -- Oligarchy: Renaissance Republics -- Economic trends and attitudes -- Humanism: A program for ruling classes -- The princely courts -- Art: an alliance with power -- Invasion: City-states in lightning and twilight -- The high Renaissance: A divided consciousness -- The end of the Renaissance